Glossary: Immigration / Global issues

exercise A

Choose the best alternative.

 
1.–2. The United Nations opposes discrimination because nobody is better or worse as a person. Instead, it promotes equality.
3. Many areas in Africa are suffering from famine. Thousands of children have died of hunger.
4. My experience as a relief worker in Africa has really taught me a lot about the pain and suffering that is tormenting many third world countries.
5. Although Chinese people are a minority in New York City, there are still hundreds of thousands of them in Manhattan alone.
6.–7. Many refugees seek asylum when they are in grave danger.
8. Some people feel refugees shouldn’t get more help than anyone else because it can be considered positive discrimination.
9. The US embassy was burned to the ground due to the warfare the Americans are involved in.
10. These humanitarian crises must be solved immediately.